Ὑποψαμμότερος

somewhat sandy

Translated by Ioannis Doukas12 Aug 2010Vetting: high4 revisions

1 note · 23 words

"He plowed up beforehand the site, which was somewhat sandy, in order that a lot of dust might be raised in the conflict."¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὑποψαμμότερος. προήροσε τὸν τόπον ὑποψαμμότερόν πως ὄντα, ἵνα ἐν τῇ συνόδῳ σφῶν κονιορτὸς πάμπολυς ἀρθῇ.

Betacode

*(upoyammo/teros. proh/rose to\n to/pon u(poyammo/tero/n pws o)/nta, i(/na e)n th=| suno/dw| sfw=n koniorto\s pa/mpolus a)rqh=|.

Notes (1)

The unglossed headword, in the nominative case, is either quoted from somewhere or (more probably) generated by the accusative case in the quotation given.
1Aelian fr. 336a Domingo-Forasté (339 Hercher); cf. Cassius Dio, Roman History 222.5-6 Boissevain (which has u(po/yammon: web address 1). ↩

External resources

Web address 1 penelope.uchicago.edu

Neighbouring entries

υ643Ὑποχυτῆρεςvessels υ644Ὑπόχυτος οἶνοςblended wine υ645Ὑποψαμμότεροςsomewhat sandy υ646Ὑπὸ ψήφου μιᾶςby a single vote υ647Ὑποψίαsuspicion, apprehension

Revision history4 revisions · last 1 Dec 2013

1 Dec 2013Revised — David Whitehead
11 Aug 2011Revised — David Whitehead
5 Jun 2011updated reference — Catharine Roth
12 Aug 2010augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
12 Aug 2010Translated — Ioannis Doukas